Northern Pacific Inaugurates June 15 1890 Train Schedule
The Northern Pacific Railroad announces a new schedule starting June 15 1890 with sixteen daily transcontinental passenger trains eight each direction. Through services include the Pacific Express from St Paul at 8 15 am and the Pacific Mail from St Paul at 4 15 pm with through Pullman cars to Portland via Helena and Tacoma. The line advertises 24 dining cars and the longest Pullman service Chicago to Portland, plus a new through service via Butte for faster Chicago to Butte and Portland connections.
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Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway
W. R. Busexwank
Chicago
Ill
Northern Pacific Railroad
St. Paul
Ashland
Duluth
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Chas. &. Fee
Pacific Express
Chicago, Milwaukee
Tacoma
Portland
Pacific Mail
Helena
Northern Pacific
Manitoba
Butte Air
A Little Journey to the Sioux City Corn Palace
A reader recalls a trip to the Sioux City Corn Palace with notes on Portland and Fremont area acquaintances, cooler high country, and meals of cherries and plums. The piece touches on letters about Illinois and Iowa towns, local news items, and community notices from Oelwein to Dubuque.
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The
Gazette
Portland
Fremont
Banks
Mr.Gell
W. Kidder
W. E. Johnson
Peter Engle
Jason Mattuck
West Union
Hurons
Banks Township
Sioux City Corn Palace
Harvest Excursion to Southern States by Illinois Central
Illinois Central Railroad offers three excursions to Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana on September 1 and 25 and October 14 with roundtrip fare at a fixed rate. Tickets valid thirty days and valid for stopovers south of Wairo. Agents west of Duncumb and on the C F M Branch sell for the day before each date. For the excursion circular send requests to Manchester Iowa to JOP Merny A G 1 A.
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Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Ilinois Central Railroad
Wairo
Duncumb
Harvest excursion tickets to wide western routes
On September 1y and 23, and October 14, the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Bay will sell Harvest Excursion tickets from all stations on its line south of Vin ton to all stations on its line north of Town Falls in Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota to all points in Arkansas Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado Wyoming Utah Idaho Montana South and North Dakota also to all points in Tennessee Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Georgia and Florida at a rate of one fare for the round trip. For further information inquire of any ticket agent of this company or H EB Hannogan g ba Pa.
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ba Y
Harvest
Vinton
Town Falls
Towa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Montana
South
North Dakota
Tennessee
Louisana
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Fla
Minneapolis Exposition and State Fair Ticket Sale Dates
For the Minnesota State Fair in Minneapolis from Aug 27 to Oct 4 excursion tickets will be sold from all Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern stations at one fare round trip on Sep 8 to 13. Exposition tickets to Minneapolis go on sale Aug 27 28 30 and Sept 2 4 6 9 11 13 16 18 20 23 25 27 30 Oct 2 4 with return the Monday after sale. JE HANNEGAN GT PA
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Minneapolis
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern I’y
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
JE. Hannegan
GT. & PA
Nervous Prostration Remedy Ad and County Ditch News
An advertisement promotes Electric Hitters as a nerve tonic promising appetite, digestion, and organ recovery. It cites a 50 cent price and Wilson & Wright drugstore. Also reports Iowa’s Calhoun county completes a 26 mile ditch project to drain swamp lands and raise land value, with drought grazing near Hell Slough. Includes Chickasaw County Agricultural Society fair preview for Sept 10 to 12 in New Hampton with improvements, races, music, and rail excursions.
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Wilson & Wright
Iowa
Calhoun County
Tow Lead
Hellslough
Dubuque
Chickasaw County Agricultural Society
New Hampton
Discovery Drug Makes Strong Fans in Townspeople
Readers praise Dr King s Discovery as a guaranteed remedy for coughs colds and chest troubles with trial bottles free at Wilson Wright s drug store. The piece then shifts to hunting season game laws and notes the Minneapolis Exposition opening August 27 running to October 4 with a $125 000 guarantee fund and top attractions Reeves Great American Band Strauss Vienna Orchestra Edison exhibit and Pain s Pyro technical Last Days of Pompeii.
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Wilson & Wright
Minneneapolis
Reeves
Providence
BR. 1
Strauss
Vienna
Edison
Pain
Pompeii
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